eikon

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• One day the Archbishop took the eikon—image—of the Virgin, which was carried around in solemn procession.

• For all practical purposes, nevertheless, the "Eikon" in Milton's time was the King's book, for everybody thought it so.

• It has been suspected that this poem is a pious fraud, and put forth in the king's name—as likewise was the "Eikon Basilike."

• There he was anointed with the holy oil of the lamp before the saint's eikon, and bowed long in humble adoration at her feet.

• The eikon may have been removed from the Pantokrator to the church of Hodegetria on the eve of the triumphal entry.